Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Senate
Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III yesterday slammed what he claimed as
the apparent inaction of the Department of Justice (DoJ) on the rape
case against a Panamanian national, that led the latter to leave freely
the country late last week, even amid the impending inquiry in the
Senate on the matter.

What has been viewed by Sotto as an apparent
negligence on the part of DoJ Secretary Leila de Lima could cost her
confirmation before the Commission on Appointments (CA) as the upper
chamber leader himself hinted that he will not let this come to pass
when she submits herself before the said bicameral confirmations body.

Despite
the departure of the suspect, identified as Erik Schcks Bairnals, the
scheduled probe in the Senate will push through, foreign relations
committee chairman Sen. Loren Legarda confirmed..... MORE